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Sexual Purity Support & Recovery Group

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Castimonia Retreat Registration – NOW OPEN!

I’m grateful to announce that our yearly Castimonia retreat registration is now open. Please register ASAP as spots are limited.

Retreat Dates: November 11th – 13th
Early Registration through September 30th – $175
Regular Registration October 1st – November 4th – $195

For more information or to register please use the link below:

Castimonia.org/retreat

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I Like

Originally posted at: https://lukesgospel739.wordpress.com/2022/04/08/i-like/

I like porn:

[A]

  • I like looking at the photos
  • I like watching the videos
  • I like making up and elaborating porn-based sex fantasies
  • I enjoy masturbating

Disgusting and shameful to admit declare these things explicitly — I daren’t say “confess” — but it’s no good to lie about it either. It’s a problem that I do these things; it’s perhaps more of a problem that I want to do them, I enjoy them.

I like other things just as much, if not more:

[B]

  • I like the feeling of power when I am on form
  • I like the warmth of people smiling at me
  • I like the full-body sensuality of yoga
  • I love the feeling of being alive when I am plugged into a good book

Indulging in set B pleasures has no effect on my ability to enjoy set A activities, but indulging in set A pleasures weakens my ability to enjoy set B activities. On that criterion alone I should avoid set A and prefer set B.

More generally, enjoying set B strengthens me, mentally, emotionally, and even spiritually. I am happier and better company.

Over-indulging in set A weakens me. It erodes my ability to concentrate or follow a path. I become bored, irritable, depressed. The very definition of a vice.

My ability to enjoy set A activities seems very robust, and always available. The slightest trigger will set my mind or my eyes or my hands wandering.

Set B seems harder to hold. Either I put it off because I think I don’t deserve it (there is always work to be done), or it seems beyond my power. I noticed after making up these two lists that A are voiced actively and B passively — really it is the other way around.

Conclusion/CTA

  • how can I envisage B as active? As creating myself (rather than expending myself, in A)?
  • gravitate towards B
  • find B substitutes when I am triggered towards A (diary exercise: given a specific trigger that led me to A, think of a B that might have answered)

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Call for Castimonia Retreat Volunteers

The Castimonia Retreat is around the corner and we have begun planning for this Fall’s retreat scheduled for the weekend of November 11-13. For this year’s retreat, we need a couple of volunteers to join the retreat planning committee. If you are interested in either of these two positions, please e-mail us at info@castimonia.org.

There are no prerequisites to be on the committee, only a desire to help us plan in helping men fight for their sexual purity!

Behind the Scenes Project Coordinator
– Help schedule retreat committee meetings
– Keep track of meeting info and to do lists (Coordinate with Individual Volunteers to make sure they have completed their tasks)
– Manage the flow of the retreat weekend

Activities/Recreational Coordinator
– Plan, schedule, and coordinate the early morning and afternoon activities on Saturday.